It's very rare that I twitch these days, but news of a Little Swift for its
second day at New Brighton persuaded me to jump in the car and head for the
Wirral. There have only been about 23 previous records of Little Swift in
Britain, and most are not normally "twitchable" being seen by just a few
observers for perhaps just a few minutes at extreme ends of the country.
This bird arrived yesterday during the torrential rain, and is presumably
feeding up today before heading off, perhaps tomorrow. It has been quite far
ranging during the day, and has been seen as far away as Bootle on the other
side of the river, but it seems to spend most of its time in New Brighton.
It was a cracking bird, obviously smaller than Common Swift, it also has a
square white rump, a square (not forked) tail, a pale throat and quite a
fluttery, almost bat like flight. My little camera is nowhere near up to
getting a decent flight photo of a Little Swift, especially on a dull day like
today, but below are three photos which I think by and large capture all of the
identification features noted above (if you squint!).
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